That's another fine mess we got us into! From politics through science, humanity, religion, the environment and the way we live, we seem determined to screw it up.
Where Have all the good times gone? The earth died screaming Armageddon ready for the last roundup is the old clichéd joke that springs to my mind as we overheat and poison our planet and send ourselves rushing headlong towards oblivion. The rise of pandemics; the cancerous growth of populist dictatorships; the collapse of human … Continue reading The End of Days: a playlist for troubled times
Virus by Aoife aged 4 years From my reading we have a virus in COVID-19 that could affect between say 20% and 70% of the world’s population. I have also seen a number of “expert” views that show that we don’t understand it. Maybe we should expect it to be with us into the future … Continue reading COVID-19: Lies, damned lies, and government statistics go viral.
As I sit in bed beside my wife I find I feel somehow halfway between a human and a machine. She, of course, is the human, and her Kindle is the machine in question. She speaks and I'm not sure who she is talking to. Some comments are clearly internal musings: the "Now what page … Continue reading Am I a cyborg?
I've noticed during this election campaign that it is possible to get away with blue murder! An interesting but apposite term given the misdeeds of the Tory party. The trick is to carry out a dirty deed and then carry on as though it didn't happen. Easy eh? Pretend you are a fact checking site, … Continue reading Maybe we should apply liberally?
😿 Ho Ho Ho What the hell does that mean? I’ve never really seen a cat cry, but I’m not keen on the little varmints so I haven’t actually studied them. I imagine a crying cat might look strange, oddly amusing, even vaguely sinister, but I really have no idea. I guess the answer lies … Continue reading You’d laugh to see a cat cry!
Whoa there! Who's in control? Who says so? Telegraph breaks cover Prompted by the 6th November front page Tory party puff in what used to be a newspaper, namely The Daily Telegraph, the prevalence of the propaganda machine running in the UK has been brought home to me. In fairness, it may just be in … Continue reading This Welfare State, This Septic Isle, This little England.
Here in the UK, the expression “Take Back control!” has been widely abused by those who should, and do, know better. It has been promulgated and promoted by those who know exactly what they are doing, and they have been steadily building on their control for decades. They are using the familiar propagandist’s ploy of … Continue reading Peddling Twaddle or Taking Back Control!
Colloquially, a proper gander means have a good look, but I’m interested in the phonetic similarity to Propaganda. So, I’d like you to have a proper look at where our news comes from. Is it news or is it propaganda? Who controls it? Where does it come from? Just how balanced is it? So, who … Continue reading As they say in London ‘ave a proper gander!
In days of old, when nights were cold, when the internet and Airbnb hadn’t been invented, we had things like English Country Cottages to provide holiday homes for the self-catering type. So, to set the scene: When I was young, there was a distinctly snobbish pecking order in the holiday stakes. Country Cottage renters were … Continue reading Carry on Glamping – or Airbnb is the one for me!
OK, so I’m a coffee snob. I’m not an out and out loony coffee snob, but I am a coffee snob. There are very few coffee chains that I have experienced that make a decent cup of coffee. One outfit in particular, has experienced spectacular success, and has literally cornered the market, with outlets wherever … Continue reading From Camp to Costabucks.
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